Rootsweb is aware of this problem, and is trying to get it fixed. Apparently, NJCAMDEN-L is not the only Rootsweb mailing list that is being blocked by AOL. Rootsweb has had problems with AOL before, so it is not certain how quickly this will get resolved. AOL is known for not being cooperative with those outside of its system. You can also help by posting any additional information you might have at http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/mail.cgi This problem was caused by the new "MyDoom" email virus. One of the things that this virus does is steal email addresses from infected users' address books, and then use those email addresses to fake where the virus is coming from. Someone who had NJCAMDEN-L in their address book must have been infected, and now the virus is faking the NJCAMDEN-L email address as it is being sent out. For some reason AOL has elected to block the NJCAMDEN-L email address rather than block the IP address from whence the virus came. Other large email companies like Comcast and Yahoo have been able to handle this problem, and separate virus emails from real ones, but AOL doesn't seem to be able to handle this. Two things can be done to help this problem. One is to always have up-to-date anti-virus software on your computer. The second is to go to one of the free email services like Yahoo, and set up for yourself a backup email address to use when you may be having problems with your regular email account. As for missing messages that may have been sent to NJCAMDEN-L, all of those messages are saved in an archive which is searchable. You can find out everything you need to know about NJCAMDEN-L at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NJ/camden.html Hope this helps, at least until AOL solves its problems. Gary Steiner gary2001@optonline.net Listowner NJCAMDEN-L >Dear List Administrator, > >I have not received any mail from the rootsweb mail list for the past several >days. I called the AOL Postmaster at 1-888-212-5537 to find out why this was >happening. They told me that because of a flood of complaints from AOL >members that they, the AOL members were receiving so much spam with >their mailing >list email, AOL shut down all the email going to AOL members. I was >not one of >the ones who complained and I have not had any problems with receiving spam >with my rootsweb mail lists, I knew nothing about this. > >The AOL Postmaster told me that the only way this problem could be solved was >that each List Administrator must contact the AOL Postmaster at the this >phone number 1-888-212-5537 in order to solve this problem. Until the List >Administrator straightens out the problem none of us who belong to >AOL will receive >the rootsweb mail. > >So please List Administrators call the above number and straighten out this >mess.